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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Indo-European cognates include Latin aper, Proto-Slavic *veprь.
Pronunciation
Noun
*eburaz m
- boar
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *eburaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*eburaz
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*eburōz, *eburōs
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| vocative
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*ebur
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*eburōz, *eburōs
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| accusative
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*eburą
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*eburanz
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| genitive
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*eburas, *eburis
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*eburǫ̂
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| dative
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*eburai
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*eburamaz
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| instrumental
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*eburō
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*eburamiz
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Descendants
References
- Peter Schrijver, Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages (2013, →ISBN
- *eburaz 'boar'
- Albertas Steponavičius, Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology (2006), page 111:
- Etymologies of the names for 'wild boar'
- The cognates of individual Germanic languages point unambiguously to a common Germanic name for 'boar'. Gmc *efuraz 'boar': OE eofar 'boar', OHG ebur, ModG Eber, ON jǫfurr 'prince, ruler', Icel. jöfur 'nobleman, ruler' ('the one who decorates his helm with the image of the boat as a sign of nobility and power').
